Review by Gary Spiller for MPM Hot sticky scenes, you know what I mean Like a desert sun that burns my skin I’ve been waiting for her for so long Open the sky and let her come down The Cult – ‘Rain’ Awaking, very briefly, to the sound of some light precipitation upon the motorhome roof during the wee hours …
Mr furnier once again visits Scotland's capital with his merry (and extremely talented) band on the Too Close for Comfort tour and proves exactly why he is one of the best entertainers in the world.
Wolverhampton, once again, had that crackle in the air again, that buzz only KK’s Steel Mill can summon when the right kind of chaos is coming to town.
As we walk towards the Belfast Telegraph building on a mild and bright evening, the street is awash with eager Metallers, mainly in the older age bracket, raring to go for a night of 80’s nostalgic rock and metal.
Review by Gary Spiller for MPM “Behind those doors It’s a wilder ride You can make a break You can win or lose That’s a chance you take? And the heat’s on you.” Glen Frey – ‘The Heat Is On’ After a year of patient anticipation, it’s once again that eagerly awaited time of year when 25,000 like-minded souls with …
It’s a Saturday night in Tinley Park, the heat index is still pushing 90 even after sundown, and the smell of sunscreen, cheap beer, and burning rubber from the parking lot tailgates blends into something uniquely Midwestern and metallic.
There’s something about The Bodega in Nottingham that just lends itself to nights like this. It’s gritty, it’s loud, and it doesn’t pretend to be anything other than a dark little room made for music and sweat and connection.
Review by Sheri Bicheno for MPM Download 2025 last day is here and its a beautiful morning after a bought of rain! Heading over to the Opus to catch some of Orbit Culture put me right in the mood for the day to come. While We Serve delivered a tight plethora of blistering djent infused riffs and hammering drums that …
With a relentless sun beating down from the cloudless sky, the hunt for shade in the great expanse of Hyde Park was highly sought after, the multiple drinks outlets doing a roaring trade.
Review & Photography by Nathan Vestal for MPM There’s a kind of electric melancholy that lives inside a venue like X-Ray Arcade in Milwaukee, WI—something about the crackle of CRT monitors and half-lit pinball machines humming in the background while a band screams about trauma under purple stage lights. On July 2, 2025, that melancholy erupted into something cathartic as …
Meryl Streek hails from Dublin, a Post Punk and Politically outspoken artist. Despite the stripped back nature of his stage show – a bouquet of red roses decorating the top of his mike stand with only a flickering torch - he does not hold any punches lyrically.
As we make our way into Finsbury Park, London is awash with band t-shirts. The Metal community are arriving in droves for what is being promoted as one of Slayers final shows. The atmosphere is electric as we make our way into what will no doubt be, one of the most memorable gigs of our lifetimes.
On yet another insanely hot night in the Midwest, the Vibrant Arena pulsed with nostalgia, energy, and pure rock-n-roll as Styx, The Kevin Cronin Band, and Don Felder joined forces for the Brotherhood of Rock tour.
As we excitedly get on one of the many buses departing Derry to eagerly make our way to Belfast, the excitement is palpable.
Review by Sheri Bicheno for MPM Saturday is here and it is GLORIOUS sunshine. Going by a vague post sparking rumours from Matt Heafy’s instagram stories, the couple of hours space at the Opus stage opened up heavy speculation that we were gonna get a monumental secret set this morning… And behold, thousands gathered… and left Trvium – less haha. …
That was the unspoken promise of the evening—the “Damn Right Farewell” tour wasn’t just another aging blues legend making one last lap around the circuit.